Wow, you really need to re-do this. The Bears aren't going to take as safety @9. The Bears have two massive needs as follows: 1) OL and 2) OL. Any mock predicting anything else just throwing darts randomly at a dart board. The next biggest need for the Bears would be Rush End.
I get that CHI drafted Odunze to ensure Caleb Williams won't be lacking for quality targets anytime soon, but my God would Chop Robinson or Dallas Turner have looked good opposite Montez Sweat. Pace may have even been able to grab either after trading down with a team desperate to move up ahead of MIN for McCarthy or Nix. Pace kinda blew that one, IMO.
I am a ND guy but Riley Leornard isn't getting taken on Day 2. The funniest thing I've seen on this site in a long time is Leonard has "accuracy." It made my milk come out of my nose.
Riley Leonard's future in the NFL is as a Taysom Hill clone. Big enough to be a TE and good enough runner to be a wildcat qb. But I've watched every minute of every ND game this year and Leonard biggest weakness is his lack of accuracy, especially downfield accuracy.
I honestly don't know where you folks get your information.
Again, you folks really need to do more research! GB is set at LB with Walker, Cooper, McDuffie and Harper. Their first three picks, in no particular order will be (1) CB, 2) OL and 3) DL.
Cleveland needs the best OT. Theirs are either beat up (Conklin, Jones), terrible, or both (Jedrick Wills). They should draft another OT in the second round too lol. They also need a RB - Nick Chubb is done, sorry to say.
Tyler Warren in the 3rd RD is nuts. Probable top-25 pick, high-2nd RD floor.
Where is Josh Simmons? Easy to forget because of the injury, but might be the only pure OT prospect worthy of top-15 consideration in this draft. (Campbell and Banks profile as guards.)
Can't see Jihaad Campbell still on the board mid-2nd RD. Absolute monster.
Cleveland should blow up the team and start over in the offseason. Get 2-3 first rounders for Garrett, and get whatever they can for Njoku. JOK may never play again.
carson beck and quinn ewers are nothing special, and will be career backups, kind of like carson wentz types. on the other hand, shedeur sanders is a special talent, will be a C J stroud type QB in the NFL.
@petermwb To be fair, Wentz was elite before injuries at least. He was the unanimous MVP in 2017 before getting injured late in the season. Philadelphia does not win the Super Bowl without his efforts to earn them the top seed. Agree with your overall point though
@xndrshadow who says that wentz wins the SB if healthy? The way that his backup Foles played it would've been difficult to match him. I agree Wentz was on an MVP pace but Foles was fresh and fired up. He was a terrible starter but that stretch of games he was pure magic. Oh and I'm from same town as Wentz so I'm no Hater. Sucked to see his career fall apart because of injuries. It's crazy to think he and Goff went 1-2 and Goff is better than ever while Wentz is out of the league. Some guys just are injury prone while some take hut after hit and never miss a game.
Fiesta off the Beads need help in both trenches so the answer is a safety? Will Campbell and especially Abdul Carter are available and they take a safety? I guess it does sound like a Poles thing to do but if he does he should lose his job.
@will33sx then they'd take a 220 lb pasa rusher with umanmilean sitting there, Deone Walker over Walter Nolen or Derrick Harmon who has the size to play nose and 3 tech. Walker had the one season with 7.5 sacks while the other 2 combined for 2.5 I believe. Which tells me that he had a fluky season and is supposed to be rather weak for his size. I'm glad you're not the Bears GM though he hasn't exactly lit the world on fire.
shedeur sanders is going to the raiders. take that to the bank. deon will not let any other team have him. the raiders will trade up, down, or sideways to get shedeur sanders. done deal.
after watching the SEC championship game it is clear that both carson beck and quin ewers are both garbage. i have seen these 2 quarterbacks mocked in the 1st round. their draft stock took a giant sized hit. now, would not expect either of them to go any higher than round 5.
If the Jags land the first pick they most likely trade down, but does anyone else think that they should at least consider drafting Shedeur and trading Tlaw? They’re a long ways away from being competitive anyways, might be easier to build around a rookie contract qb than a massively overpaid one. Even with how expensive and disappointing Lawrence has been, I think he still has solid trade value in this qb-hungry league. Food for thought
Once Doug Pederson is fired, I'm guessing JAX will sell the fan base on the idea that Pederson's awful coaching, a bad O-line and injuries are what have been holding Lawrence back. Pretty sure he gets a fresh start in '25. He just turned 25.
I don't think JAX is a long ways from being competitive. (Especially in the AFC South.) They have some talented young building blocks at important positions (WR1, EDGE1 and 2, CB1). With better coaching and some O-line and DT upgrades they could rebound in '25.
@Mr. Bitter valid points. Trading down makes the most sense, especially if you can get a package that resembles what the Bears got two years ago for Bryce Young.
You mentioned that the Jags are going to clean house; I factored that into my thought process. A new front office and coaching staff could fall in love with Sanders and decide he’s the guy they want to lead the franchise. I think Tlaw would fetch at least a first round pick on the trade market, maybe more. A team like the Steelers would be perfect for him.
Mostly just playing with the scenario in my head, unlikely the Jags like Sanders enough to make a bold move like that but stranger things have happened.
I'm not sure about Sanders as a #1 overall-type prospect, but we all know about the draft and QB supply-and-demand. I think he'll separate from the pack - I don't think Ward or Milroe won't go as high as currently projected after they get picked apart during the pre-draft process. Pretty sure JAX sticks with T-Law, but you never know, and it's fun to speculate.
For what it's worth, I think Mason Graham would be a great fit for JAX. They need an interior difference-maker to complement Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker. Graham would also be a clean, "culture" pick for the new coaching staff. If JAX gets the 1st pick and can move down a few spots for a bunch of picks and still get graham, that would be tits.
Reminder, the best player drafted this year is Bo Nix. Travis Lawrence is just as good as him. Why does JAX SUCK ? Scheme, coaching and talent around him. Denver has a very good OL giving Nix a lot of time and a lot of guys who can get open due to scheme --
I would fire that JAX coach, trade the 1st pick and start building a real team around Lawrence
Travis Hunter has incredible athleticism and he can exploit far INFERIOR talent guarding him in the subpar Big-12 conference. Be interesting to see how he does against SUPERIOR NFL talent.
Jacksonville and Tennessee play each other twice coming up. That is 2 wins for 1 or split. If they split, out of the top 5 - if one wins 2 games out of the top 10
Only 2 problems with this mock are the Titans would definely move up for a different QB rather then pick carsom beck whos a 2nd rounder at best in the top 10. Jaguars and patriots would likely be teams trying to move down. Also Tyler Warren is definitely going in the 1st round.
